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1 Food for thought paper by the Coordinator on Reporting 1 PrepCom 3rd Review Conference 6 décembre 2013 (slide 1) Mr President, Reporting and exchange of information have always been a cornerstone of the implementation of the Convention. They allow the monitoring of the fulfillment of the obligations by individual States Parties, they offer the opportunity for States Parties to express their needs for assistance, they are a tool for guiding our work and, finally, they build confidence which is so important for the cooperative spirit of the Convention. The Mine Ban treaty, 14 years after its entry into force, has evolved and has become a mature Convention. Our approach to reporting and exchange of information should maybe evolve as well. Since reporting is a legal obligation, for years we focused our efforts on the reporting rate but despite ongoing efforts, we could not increase it significantly. At the same time one must recognize that not only numbers matter but that the quality of the reported information is also crucial. It is even more important if reporting is to be used as a tool for achieving the objectives of the Convention. As coordinator of the contact Group for reporting, Belgium proposed some discussion papers to make exchange of information more efficient. The latest in date, you all will recall, was the roadmap for a better exchange of information, presented at the 12 MSP last year. This roadmap contained clear objectives, concrete actions and deadlines to enhance reporting and to promote it, not only as an obligation, but also as a tool and an opportunity for a better implementions of the Convention. The assessment of this roadmap will naturally take place at the Third Review Conference. On the eve of this important conference, the coordinator wanted to start the debate on Reporting after Maputo. An open, out of the box, discussion which was engaged last wednesday in the contact group. (slide 2) Mr President, Firstly, I would like to draw your attention to the reporting rate for 2013 ; secondly, I would like to report on the first discussions we had within the Contact Group. Monsieur le Président, En ce qui concerne le taux de rapportage, je ne puis pas vous faire rapport de bonnes nouvelles. Comme en 2012, deux rapports initiaux sont encore attendus. Le taux des rapports annuels qui ont été introduits au 29 novembre 2013 s élève à 56 % des Etatsparties, soit 89 Etats-parties sur un total de 159, soit 1 état-partie sur deux n a pas introduit son rapport annuel. Force est de constater que ce taux est identique à celui de l année dernière. (slide 3) Comme vous pouvez le voir sur le graphique, le taux de rapportage reste relativement médiocre depuis 10 années, variant en moyenne entre 50 et 60 %, à l exception des années entre 2002 et Je crois qu il convient de saisir l opportunité de la 3 ème conférence d examen pour lancer une 1

3 how we want to deal with reporting and transparency after the Third Review Conference. This will require courage, creativity and engagement of all stakeholders. As coordinator, Belgium is ready to continue its efforts and engagement in this matter. Mr President, I would like to make a concrete proposal. I would like to propose that State Parties would be invited to table working papers until the 15th of February In order to ensure full transparency those working papers would be available on the web site of the Convention, so all sate parties would be in a position to consult them. I believe it would be a pratical way to progress in our common reflexion as we are preparing the Maputo Review Conference. Thank you, 3

7 TRANSPARENCY & REPORTING AND THE MAPUTO REVIEW CONFERENCE A new context Low rate of annual reporting along the years Statistics hide substance. Do we get the information we need for transparency? New developments: a growing importance of victim assistance, other Conventions (CRPD, ), new requests for extension under article 5, Statements in Intersessional meetings and MSP = important source of information. These statements are a very important complement to art. 7 reporting. The Maputo Review Conference offers the opportunity to reflect on the programme of meetings and to reflect on how State Parties share information and fulfill the transparency needs.

8 TRANSPARENCY & REPORTING AND THE MAPUTO REVIEW CONFERENCE ELEMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION How to improve the reporting rate? => Do States parties which have fully fulfilled their implementation obligations still need to give an annual update? Do we have the information we need? = > How to transform the reporting mechanism into a real management tool? Do we care about what States Parties are reporting? = > How can we have an interactive dialogue on reporting and give a feed-back in a collaborative spirit?

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